Author Archives: vacantcity

    How can temporary playful interventions be used to engage people with the issue of vacancy? The Mobile City is a partner in the new project Rezone Playful Interventions. In this project three teams, each composed of an architect and … Continue reading →

The Urban Incubator: Belgrade is a unique project supporting the re-vitalization of the now neglected Belgrade city-quarter of Savamala. It is not planners, politicians, or investors but artists, architects, activists and the residents of Savamala and Belgrade who will contribute … Continue reading →

With its transition from a socialist planned economy to a market economy characterised by globalisation and digitalisation, Latvia shares the fate of all Central and Eastern European transitional states: new, post-industrial work and living environments that also require altered settlement … Continue reading →

Some time ago a new pop-up store concept opened doors in North Amsterdam. The little shop called Mama Louise is a so-called ‘Wisselwinkel’, or ‘Shift Shop’, which means that the shop owner and the shop type change every six months. … Continue reading →

Forrás: http://m.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/05/rise-temporary-city/1865/

There are thousands of abandoned big box stores sitting empty all over America, including hundreds of former Walmart stores. With each store taking up enough space for 2.5 football fields, Walmart’s use of more than 698 million square feet of … Continue reading →

Az Ingatlanfejlesztői Kerekasztal Egyesület üdvözölte, hogy nem csökkennek tovább a bérleti díjak a budapesti irodapiacon, és az üres irodaterületek aránya a teljes állományon belül is húsz százalék alá esett. A szervezet ugyanakkor hozzáteszi: trendfordulót csak új bérlők nagyszámú megjelenése hozhatna. … Continue reading →

Cinema America in the tourist-packed and commercial Trastevere has been occupied by students, locals, social activists, and civic associations, after being abandoned for 15 years. As it undergoes a number of electrifying developments its becoming a beacon of alternative culture … Continue reading →

Una mappa interattiva per segnalare tutti gli edifici abbandonati di Roma. L’ambizioso progetto, iniziato a settembre 2012, ha lo scopo di catalogare sia edifici pubblici che privati (purché di interesse collettivo), di raccoglierne la storia e le informazioni, e di … Continue reading →

Mayor of the VIII. district, Kocsis Máté announced this Sunday that they asked the two landowners (Hungarian National Asset Management and Property Management Directorate of the MAV) to cancel the lease in 150 days. The market is infamous of criminal … Continue reading →

http://issuu.com/lakatlanbudapest/docs/lakatlan_workshop On the 5 day long international workshop we re-thought the urban vacany and the possible reuse of vacant properties in Budapest! Our case study was the Klauzál square (7th district). The aim was to provide tools and support for … Continue reading →

Térképezők, városlakók, figyelem! Decemberben indítottuk el “Lakatlan Budapest” közösségi térképünket, amelyre bárki feltöltheti az általa ismert üres ingatlanok adatait, amelyek régóta állnak kihasználatlanul és amelyek jobb sorsot érdemelnek. A térképre azóta több száz bejegyzés érkezett, de továbbra is várjuk a lakatlan … Continue reading →